tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post6252352357412596800..comments2024-02-27T11:08:45.499-08:00Comments on PowerPC Liberation: Taking a Walk With Debian Jessiezenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01006273801333641372noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-34241558040052224252015-01-03T17:30:04.218-08:002015-01-03T17:30:04.218-08:00'"ignore it until it goes away" appr...'"ignore it until it goes away" approach'<br />"it" as in the problem, or as in the powerbook? ;)<br /><br />Wheezy performed flawlessly on my Tibook, so testing Jessie now this very moment and wittnessing all the problems is seriously depresssing. Perhaps, I will give free- and openbsd a try, but I'll most likely return to wheezy and stay until it breaks. Sadly, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-46337753199426318202014-12-23T14:31:21.144-08:002014-12-23T14:31:21.144-08:00...and do not forget i2c-dev in /etc/modules too t......and do not forget i2c-dev in /etc/modules too to activate the keyboard lights and backlight lid feature... at least on powerbook G4.<br />No mention about fw43 apple airport firmware... ;-)<br />Anyway it works good. I hoped to have some more speedup into Xorg section, but I will love to find why and what (xcompmgr or radeon driver?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-83411151651658291712014-11-28T18:55:02.646-08:002014-11-28T18:55:02.646-08:00Great to hear, Mark.Great to hear, Mark.zenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01006273801333641372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-11661853412528877092014-11-28T14:41:55.016-08:002014-11-28T14:41:55.016-08:00I am happy to post from my mini, running Jessie.
...I am happy to post from my mini, running Jessie. <br /><br />I will start with video. I did have the same initial issues with lightdm. SSH made the trial and error easier. Thanks to Dan's Debian guide, I knew what to tinker with. Installing firmware-linux-nonfree and adding the radeonfb:off radeon.modeset=1 yaboot parameters gave me unstable hardware acceleration. I was excited to see picturefiftysixkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04263693656038903910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-32609456256196920472014-11-07T14:23:21.755-08:002014-11-07T14:23:21.755-08:00Don't underestimate the mini. I'm sure it...Don't underestimate the mini. I'm sure it'll have some surprises in store for you :)Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04700474277267739107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-88345628496223321752014-11-07T14:20:54.766-08:002014-11-07T14:20:54.766-08:00I just worry that Xorg developers are moving on an...I just worry that Xorg developers are moving on and whether Debian maintainers can do much about it. Time will tell.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04700474277267739107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-42085188537527810122014-11-07T07:29:52.650-08:002014-11-07T07:29:52.650-08:00The Mac Mini is in a category with the iMac G4, an...The Mac Mini is in a category with the iMac G4, and that category is hardest Apple systems (at least PowerPC) to install Linux on. Be prepared for a challenge. zenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01006273801333641372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-26065660609038984552014-11-06T20:23:03.218-08:002014-11-06T20:23:03.218-08:00Thank you for sharing this with us! I thought abou...Thank you for sharing this with us! I thought about giving Jessie a shot on a PowerPC Mac mini. Now I know more or less what to expect.fiftysixkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04263693656038903910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-5897006726471174282014-11-06T04:29:06.248-08:002014-11-06T04:29:06.248-08:00Great first post, Dan.
I have a feeling that Jess...Great first post, Dan.<br /><br />I have a feeling that Jessie will certainly spend longer in testing than Wheezy did. I have played with it a bit, and noticed a few issues myself.<br /><br />They will get it right. History tells us that they never relent.zenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01006273801333641372noreply@blogger.com